Dr. Haroro J. Ingram
Dr. Haroro J. Ingram is a research fellow with the Coral Bell School, Australian National University (Canberra). His primary postdoctoral research project analyses the role of propaganda in the strategies of violent non-state political movements with Islamic State and the Afghan Taliban as major case studies. This three-year project is funded by the Australian Research Council under its Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA). As an Associate Fellow with the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT), Ingram is working on the Counter-terrorism Strategic Communications (CTSC) Project team and has authored or co-authored several articles on a range of topics related to how best to understand and counter extremist propaganda. His doctoral thesis examined a chain of militant Islamist charismatic leaders stretching from the late-1800s to the 21st century. Major case studies analysed the charismatic appeal of figures such as Abdullah Azzam, Osama Bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki.
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